Membership

Here are some of the things which the Association does on behalf of its members;

Organises class circuits and Championships

Organises training days

Communicates with members and public via Class website, Forum and Facebooks etc

Publicises the class in yachting press and websites, and at the RYA Dinghy Show

Provides measurement certificates

Maintains class records and trophies

Advertises Ospreys for sale

Underpins the value of your Osprey

When you are racing your boat you need a valid Measurement Certificate. For the Measurement Certificate to be valid you need two stickers from the Osprey Class Association; one for your measurement certificate and one for the transom of your boat. These stickers are issued annually on payment of the appropriate membership fees.

On change of ownership a new measurement certificate must be obtained. A new certificate can be obtained from the class secretary [This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.]. Please if possible send a copy of the existing certificate with your request for a new one.

To compete in National and Area Championships one member of the crew should be a Full Member and the other crew member must have at least Associate Membership.

The membership categories and fees are as follows:-

Full

Open to Owners or Joint Owners (no more than 2 per boat) of an Osprey. Eligible to helm or crew an Osprey in any race, attend and vote at AGM's or EGM's and become an Officer or Committee Member.

£40

Member

Open to anyone except owners of an Osprey. Eligible to helm or crew an Osprey in any race provided the boat belongs to a Full Member, attend and vote at AGM's or EGM's and become an Officer or Committee Member.

£20

Associate

Open to anyone who does not own an Osprey, also to the second joint owner of an Osprey. Eligible to attend and vote at AGM's or EGM's, but not on financial matters or the Measurement Rules. May not become an Officer or Committee Member

£15

Student

Open to anyone engaged in full-time education at the time of annual renewal of membership.

60% of appropriate rate from above

Note the membership year is the calendar year and annual subscriptions fall due on January 1st each year.

News from World Sailing

The fourth day at the 2018 Finn World Masters at El Balís ended with no more racing taking place, the third day lost, in a week of uncharacteristically light winds. The championship concludes on Friday with just one more race needed to make the championship valid.

Jinha Beach provided a pulsating end to the 2018 Ulsan PWA World Cup as the thermal wind kicked in as promised, which allowed 4 thrilling eliminations of foiling to be completed in winds ranging from 7-22 knots.

In order to strengthen World Sailing's pool of National Classifiers, a training seminar for future classifiers will be held at the 2018 Para World Sailing Championships in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA from 15-17 September 2018.

Another sensational day of perfect weather conditions off Bourgas, Bulgaria completed the 11-race series and decided the top ten 470 Women and 470 Men teams advancing to Thursday's podium deciding medal race.

The second day at the 34th Medemblik Regatta starts with light winds. During the day the wind builds and gives the day a strong finish. This kind of weather is difficult for most sailors, but some know how to handle these conditions and took their advantage.

Class Privacy Policy

A new EU data protection and privacy law comes into force on the 25th May 2018, it is called "General Data Protection Regulation" (GDPR) in English. GDPR has to be adhered to by all businesses/organisations whether for profit/nonprofit/volunteer/member [including sports organisations like sailing clubs and class associations] that store, process and make use of data that can identify an individual person.

The Osprey Class Association [UK] committee have produced a Class Privacy Policy document as required by GDPR which is based on their current understanding of GDPR. This document may be updated as new guidance, from likes of RYA and others, becomes available.